quote:Originally posted by David L.:
I have to confess that I don't know a lot about Socialism!
The Fire department is a Socialist program, RFD is a private company. Public Schools are socialist, Private schools are not. Public roads, socialist, Parking lots and private drives, not. Public police departments socialist, Private security not. Public Parks, Socialist, Private Gardens Not. Hunting and Fishing on Public Lands, Socialism. Private game and fishing reserves, NOT.
Public Medical Care socialism. Private insurance COMMUNISM.
Without socialism in the early 20th century, the time of Helen Keller's youth, there would not be a USA, ENGLAND or FRANCE. If the world had adopted socialism before WW I there would not have been a WW I, the basic cause of that "War to End All Wars" was an attempt to preserve the Absolute Monarchies of Europe.
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE IS SOCIALISM.
Think about that before you attack ME for saying it. Government OF THE PEOPLE, BY the People and FOR the people is socialism.